Tour Guide, Moscow, Russia
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In winter season Russian people eat a lot of soups, especially our main one – the Borch soup, which includes beet, cabbage, carrot and often beans, we eat it with sour cream. Then we eat a lot of citrus fruits to stay healthy. By the way, many people are trying to avoid sugar and coffee and replace it with Topinambur and Chicory. But if you really love sweets you can try Quince and Persimmon that come from the south of Russia and closest ex-USSR countries.
December
Quince
Persimmon
Pomegranate
Tangerines
January
Cabbage (white, red)
Turnip
Grapefruit, lemons, oranges
Beet
February
Topinambur
Chicory
After the long and cold winter, we like bears need to wake up and get some vitamins, so it is time for tasty and fresh salads. In may you need to be very fast and grab your own portion of wild strawberry on local markets because it doesn't stay for a long time. One cup of these berries will give you enough vitamins for the whole year! And don't forget about Cilantro, you can try it in Lobio (hot red beans with tomatoes) or any other Georgian food, it is delicious, believe me.
March
Rhubarb
Garlic
Mint
April
Cress and radicchio salad
Asparagus, spinach, radish
Fennel
May
Salads: lettuce, arugula
Young peas
Strawberries and wild strawberries, sour cherries and wild cherries
Cilantro
Summer in Russia is one of the most favorite seasons, people really miss the sun. So this is the time to enjoy amazing berries – like red currant, gooseberry, blueberry, honeysuckle, blackberry, gooseberry, cowberry. I am sure at list one of these names you read for the first time;)
June
Asparagus, spinach, radish
Beans, peas
Carrots, zucchini, cucumbers
Bulgarian pepper
Cauliflower, broccoli
Red currant, gooseberry, blueberry
Nettle
Honeysuckle
July
Eggplant
Celery, leek
Kohlrabi
Black currant, blueberry
Blackberry
Peaches, apricots, nectarines
August
Corn
Leaf beets
Watermelons and melons
Plums
Gooseberry
Cowberry
Grape
Walnut, poppy, hazelnut
White mushroom
Finally, in autumn you can enjoy our lovely Chanterelles and Sea buckthorn, it will be everywhere, in every cafe you need just to ask the waiter about the season menu. We also love pumpkin and we cook soups, pies and salads with it. And don't forget about Siberian cuisine –cranberry, it is a bit unusual among other berries, but definitely worth to try;)
September and/October
Pumpkin
Apples
Plums
Figs
Pears
Chanterelles
Seabuckthorn
November
Pear
Cranberry
Chestnut